Class, Social Suffering, and Health Consumerism

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 517-528

  Merrild, Camilla Hoffmann ^a   Risør, Mette Bech ^b   Vedsted, Peter ^a   Andersen, Rikke Sand ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Denmark; health care seeking; health consumerism; social suffering

Indexed keywords

DENMARK; DRAWING; FIELD WORK; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; SOCIAL CLASS; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84949568647     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2015.1102248     Document Type: Article

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